Hi Tom, One of the problems is that you may have a $1,000 television with a 15 cent filter. I once had a nice Pioneer surround sound system but it was real susceptible to certain Ham radio frequencies. The problem was the complete lack of filters in the Pioneer. Older units really did have better components than most of those sold today. I think "cheap" is the operative word here. Cy, the Ancient Okie...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Preventing Radio Frequency Interference From Whack Jewel, A toroidal choke is wire, in this case, the appliance cord, wound around a doughnut shaped "core' made of powdered iron or similar materials cast with glue. A toroid is a fancy word for a doughnut shape. some of these cores are split in half so you can more easilly get the wire through the middle. Some, particularly those sold by radio shack for telephone cords, are made in a square rather than a round doughnut and are in halves with a plastic housing that hinges to open it. As for keeping appliance generated noise out of your television, that's a real bear, and there are no simple answers. It usually, but not always, means that either you have a marginal signal, or the appliance is a really cheapie piece of junk. I have no idea what standards, if any, appliance need to meet to be sold down there, but here they're not supposed to radiate radio frequencies so as to interfeer with ligitimate radio or television reception. getting anything done about it is another matter. If you know any local ham radio types perhaps they might help. About all you might do is get a better television antenna and assure it is aimed accurately at the transmitter. It should be connected to your television with coaxial cable, rather than old fashioned "twin lead." If the wire from the antenna to the TV is round, that's good. If it's flat ribbon with two wires, it is highly prone to locally generated interference. If, on the other hand, you're on cable, then you can gripe at the cable provider as they should be imune from outside interference. \Radio shack may sell a so-called "high pass filter' designed to keep radio interference out of your TV, sometimes these help. Tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
